Canonical Ref: VR 2.21.21
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
शुश्रूषमेव कुर्वीत भर्तुः प्रियहिते रता । एष धर्मः पुरा दृष्टो लोके वेदे श्रुतः स्मृतः ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
śuśrūṣameva kurvīta bhartuḥ priyahite ratā | eṣa dharmaḥ purā dṛṣṭo loke vede śrutaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
English Scholarly Translation
A wife who serves her husband and who is engaged in doing good to him is righteous. This dharma exists in this world since ancient times, declared in the Vedas and the smritis.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
शुश्रूषाम्
Lemma: शुश्रूषा
POS: f
एव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
कुर्वीत
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: कुर्वीत
भर्तुः
Lemma: भर्तृ
POS: m
प्रियहिते
Lemma: प्रिय
POS: adj
प्रियहिते
Lemma: हित
POS: adj
रता
Lemma: रम्
POS: 4. Ā.
एष
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
धर्मः
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
पुरा
Lemma: पुरा
POS: ind
दृष्टो
Lemma: दृश्
POS: 6. P.
लोके
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
वेदे
Lemma: वेद
POS: m
श्रुतः
Lemma: श्रु
POS: 4. P.
स्मृतः
Lemma: स्मृ
POS: 1. Ā.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 2.21.21. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.